We read with interest Handagala et al.’s recent paper [1] demonstrating that oesophagectomy was equally as safe when performed by trainees as it was when performed by consultants. We congratulate the authors for their thought provoking paper, especially in the light of several publications which seem to suggest that both surgeon and hospital volume are important prognostic factors in complex ca...

the issue of social capital is a concept which has been emerged in all economic, social, political and cultural aspects in recent years. this concept includes all interactions, relationships, cooperation, commitment and interest which have connected people of the society. having its role and social importance, it can influence security dimensions including economic, political, juridical and soc...

A detailed correlative structural, magnetic and chemical analysis of non-stoichiometric cobalt ferrite micrometric crystals was performed by x-ray circular dichroism combined with photoemission microscopy, low energy electron atomic force microscopy. The vector magnetization at the nanoscale is obtained from images different incidence angles compared micromagnetic simulations, revealing presenc...

Session 1 of the 2010 STP/IFSTP Joint Symposium on Toxicologic Neuropathology, titled "Fundamentals of Neurobiology," was organized to provide a foundation for subsequent sessions by presenting essential elements of neuroanatomy and nervous system function. A brief introduction to the session titled "Introduction to Correlative Neurobiology" was provided by Dr. Greg Hall (Eli Lilly and Company,...